[nagdu] scavenging?

[Daryl Marie]

Abby,

yeah, I didn't think yearly vaccines would cause problems, but for the first 2-3 weeks after Jenn's vaccines it was like she did a complete regression; it was like we had not spent hours working on distractions, scavenging, hubby excitement.
For next year I am going to have my vet run a Titer test to see if she would still have immunities; that way she won't be over-vaccinated.

If you're using a halti, in theory Jada wouldn't be able to scrounge... When I first started using a Halti with Jenny, I wasn't familiar with her head movement, so she had some success, but then I tightened it and kept the leash fairly taut, and now she cannot scrounge while wearing it.

Daryl
----- Original Message -----
From: Abigail Bolling <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
To: Daryl Marie <crazymusician at shaw.ca>, NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:00:04 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] scavenging?

Daryl, 
Jada has had her yearly vaccinations a few weeks ago, but I didn't think that would cause this. Now that I look at the timeline, she has been more food grabby since her shots. She is on a medication for hip displatia but she's been on that for about a year or so. 
She has always had a problem with sniffing, and some grabbing things when I got her. 
Chewy things seem to attract her attention. Popcorn, bread crust, meat fat, french fries, and other things that are frequently dropped in the college cafeteria! 

I have tried a halti, a GL, and another kind of halter. nothing has seemed to stop her. Unfamiliar places she gets worse, 

Abigail Bolling
Wright State University: Social Work
 
"Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)

> On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Abby!
> Jenny LOVES popcorn, too! She has a dive that she does especially for popcorn.
> 
> I know it's embarrassing!
> 
> You mentioned a Gentle Leader.  Have you tried a Halti? It gives you a bit more control over her head movements, and may make things a bit easier on you.
> 
> Are you able to take her to an unfamiliar place and play the Leave-it game with her?  I tried doing this with Jenny and it made a big difference; at home/work, she won't try and pick up the popcorn/bread/tomato, but in an unfamiliar environment she might, so it was a great training exercise for her to go somewhere she's never been (a friend's apartment, etc.) and work with ehr on that.
> 
> Are there certain things she does that indicate to you that she's about to scrounge?  Once you stop her before she starts, the behavior should improve.
> 
> Has this been an ongoing issue for her, or is it new?  Has she had success scrounging somewhere before?  Have you kept her on the same food, switched food, or given her vaccines or medications recently? Are there certain foods/items that are a particular struggle for her to resist?
> 
> I hope these questions/suggestions help!
> 
> Feel free to write me offlist: crazymusician at shaw.ca
> 
> Daryl and Jenny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Abigail Bolling via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:35:33 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: [nagdu] scavenging?
> 
> Hi all! 
> 
> At the risk of me sounding like I want a super dog, I have a serious question for you guys. 
> Situation: I walk in to my bio lecture, and there is popcorn all over the floor from movie night on saturday! ′I was grosed out by this fact! I mean, do they not clean?′ Anyway, Jada decided to have a snack. No amount of correcting got her to leave it alone. I was humiliated even though class had not started yet. 
> My professor actually had to come over and help me first pull jada away from the popcorn and then clean it up. Every time I tried to clean it up, Jada would go back to eating some I had not gotten to yet. 
> She does this even with the GL on! 
> A lot of people just say that she's hungry, but I'm giving her almost 4 cups of food a day! ′high amount because she is working a lot! 
> Any suggestions? 
> 
> Thank you all! And like I said, I don't expect my dog to be super picture perfect, but she is grabbing things so much and not listening to corrections and I don't want her to grab something that will make her really really sick. 
> Thanks! 
> Abby and the Hungry hungry Jada!
> 
> Abigail Bolling
> Wright State University: Social Work
> 
> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
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